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FDOT officials bring expressway plans to Pinellas

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Florida Department of Transportation officials will be on hand 5 to 7 Thursday evening to answer questions and present the Gateway Expressway project to residents. The meeting will be at the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s administration building located at 3201 Scherer Drive, St. Petersburg. The location is appropriate considering it’s just about ground zero for the project set to begin in 2017 when getting from South St. Pete or mid-Pinellas to North County will start getting a whole lot quicker.…

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Must-read story: Judge Thomas Freeman, Double-Dipper

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10 Connects Mike Deeson exposes Judge Thomas Freeman’s re-election payment D.R.O.P.  plan Meet Pinellas County Judge Thomas B. Freeman, who has been sitting on the bench for 29 years. In 2006 he signed the Florida Deferred Options Retirement Plan called D.R.O.P.  saying his resignation date would be September 20, 2011. Freeman says at the time it was the best thing for his family. But a loophole in the law allows elected officials to keep on working. That means if Freeman is…

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Political spot Tucson’s Southwest Grill shutting down

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From David DeCamp: Tuscon’s Southwest Grill, the restaurant near Ulmerton Road that was home to monthly meetings of the Democratic and Republican parties of Pinellas County, has closed, majority owner Leslie Rubin confirmed on Monday. Continue reading here.

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Political spot Tucson’s Southwest Grill shutting down

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From David DeCamp: Tuscon’s Southwest Grill, the restaurant near Ulmerton Road that was home to monthly meetings of the Democratic and Republican parties of Pinellas County, has closed, majority owner Leslie Rubin confirmed on Monday. Continue reading here.

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The latest op-ed from Henry Boxlor: The oil is coming…the oil is coming!

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No matter how many walks along the Beach President Obama makes, or the many wishes of Governor Crist that the oil won’t come, or the consistent ignoring by County Administrator Lasalla, or the prayers of Mayor Foster…THE OIL IS COMING. You just can’t dump that much crap into the Gulf of Mexico, heat it up, stir it with a couple of tropical storms, turn it into a crude oil casserole and expect that none of it will wind up on…

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John Morroni and Arthenia Joyner win re-election as qualifying ends

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Pinellas County Commissioner John Morroni and state Sen. Arthenia Joyner were poised to win re-election without a fight Friday after qualifying ended without drawing opposition. Developing…

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Pinellas County needs at least 2,000 people to sign up for pre-oil beach cleanup

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An important note from Mitch Perry: Although there are no immediate concerns about the massive oil spill in the Gulf invading the west coast of Florida, Pinellas County officials are taking no chances in preparing for the worst case scenario. The local anti-litter group Keep Pinellas Beautiful is looking for at least 2,000 volunteers to help in such efforts.  Though there is no specific date set, those who want to register for the Special Beach Cleanup can log on to pinvol.org. Organizers…

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